Process of manufacturing rings



M. 'SIMSQON Dec. .11 ,1923. 1,477,457

PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING RINGS 1 Filed Jan. 29, 1923 INN INVENTOR.

If J/mscq. B Y 3 ATTORNEY.

i atented lilies. ll, i923.

IMAX SIMSON, 01 NEW YORK, N. Y.

PRGCESS OF IWIANUFACTURING RENGS.

application filed January E523. Serial No. 615,709.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX Simeon, a citizen the United States, residing at N cw York cit n the county of New York and State .1 1 oi: Tile-w York, have invented certain new an rnprovenients in Processes of h nu tings, of which the follows i a specification.

This invention relates to the process or method of-manuiiacturing finger rings and has for its principal object the making of such rings by a novel seriesoif operations of e). i'eme simplici y manufacture.

One of the objects of my invention is the process of manufacturing finger rings by stamping a blank to produce two complementary halves or sections which when combined, producethe shank and crown oi? the ring wherein the gem setting may be placed.

Another object of my invention is the process of manufacturing finger rings wherein the shank and crown of two complementary sections are stamped out of a blank in a single operation, said crown being so formed as to permit of its shaping to receive a polygonal or other design of gem setting as well as an ornamental insert as may be desired.

In order to more fully understand the novel process and the steps by which. the article of manufacture is produced, reference is had to the accompanying drawings showing a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view.

Figure 2 is a side view.

-Figure 3 is a sectional view taken line of Figure 2.

Figure 1} is a plan view with the plate or setting removed.

Figure 5 is a front view showing the blank before the insert and the plate or setting is mounted.

Figure 6 is a plan showing the blank preliminary to bending the respective sections toward each other to produce the shank and crown of the ring.

Figure '7 is an edge View in a partial plan of onset the sections of the blank showing the crown bent.

Figure 8 is a modified form showing the blank when joined at the sides.

Reference being had to Figures 1 and 6 of the drawings, a metal blank is first stamped on the and ei'liciency in their out or cut so as to form two connected shanks 5, 6, which are joined as. indicated at 7. Each shank 5, 6, is formed integrally with its crown 8, 9, the outer edge of said crown being partly cut away as indicated at 10, 11, for a purpose presently to appear. The crowns 8, 9, of the respective sections are bent along a line disposed. centrally and vertically thereof as indicated at 12, 13, so that the respective crowns may be bent out wardly as indicated at 14:, 15, to form a seat or support for the gem plate or setting 16.

After the blank has been out according to the shape and design as indicated by Figure 6, the shanks 5, 6, are brought together by bending the same so that a burr or projection 16 is formed on the outer end and at the bottom of the shank. The respective sections of the ring are soldered together so as to produce the single shank 17 above referred to and the burr 16* may be subsequently cut away or beaten out into the body of the shank of the ring as the same is worked and formed. The cut away portions of the sides of the crown form a seat to receive the inserts 18, 19, which are soldered thereon preliminary to bending and forming the mounting to receive the gem setting 16 above referred to.

When the respective sections are brought together they are left apart at the upper or crown portion of the ring and the said crowns 8, 9, are then bent outwardly from the shape as indicated by the dotted line to the shape shown in full lines, see Figures 6 and 7, so as to receive the plate or gem setting. In this manner, a very accurate and precise {it can be had. between the plate 16 and the inserts 18, 1'9, preliminary to soldering the same and completing the for mation of the ring. Consequently, various size settings may thus be placed on the crown. Of course both the inserts and the crown portions 8, 9, as well as the plate or gem setting may be carved or otherwise designed preliminary to soldering the respective parts together to complete the manufacture of the article.

In the modified form, the same process is carried out by a different die in cutting the original blank, it being observed that the shanks 5 6 are joined at the side 7 instead of at the botom. The crowns however, of the respective sections are identical with that described above and when the two sections are brought together, the burr .(aLe

formed on the outer periphery ofthe shank adjacent the shoulder 9 on which the inserts are placed, is of course cut away before the shank is completed. In this form of the in vention, itwill be noted that thecrowns when formed after the first cutting operation are disposed closer to each other and consequently permit of further stamping or designing by means of a die or otherwise, in but a single operation, however, the par ticular design or stamping of-the crown or the inserts may be regarded as arbitrary depending upon the quality of the product to be manufactured but primarily my in Vention resides in the process of manufactun ingzthe article, according to the steps and in the manner above indicated.

While I have illustrated and described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1s:

connected shanks, bending the crowns of the shanks outwardly, then bending the said shanks to produce a unit.

3. The process of manufacturing rings 1. The process of manufacturing ringsv and ring findings which .eonsistsin cutting a blank to producea pair of complementary connected shanks, bending the opposing crowns of the shanks outwardly, then bending the shanks toward each other so that the faces are disposed toward each other, joining the opposing faces and removing the projection formed at the point of juncture between the two shanks.

4; The process of manufacturing rings and ring findings which consists in cutting a blank to produce a pair of complementary connected shanks, each shank having acrown integral therewith, simultaneously bending the crowns outwardly along aline centrally through the vertical axis of the shank, then bending the shanks toward each other, join.-

ing the opposing 'l'aceso f the shanks and removingthe projection formed at the point of juncture between the two shanks. I

5. The process of manufacturing rings and ring findings which consists'in cutting a blank to produce a pair of complementary connected shankswith integral crowns, said crowns being partially cut away on their outer faces, bending the crowns outwardly along a line medially of the sides, then bending the shanks toward each other, joining the opposing-faces of the shanks, fitting a gem setting and inserts on the top and sides of the crown respectively and joining said gem setting and inserts tov the crown.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

MAX SIMSQN. [1 s] 

